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Education Through Music Teachers to March in 2013 Veterans Day Parade

November 6, 2013 (New York, NY) — Education Through Music’s (ETM) music teachers will march alongside 30 veterans, performing a medley of patriotic hymns and service songs, in the 2013 Veterans Day Parade in New York City on Monday, November 11th. ETM will be supporting veterans affiliated with the Jericho Project. Jericho Project is a nonprofit that provides supportive services and housing assistance to formerly homeless and low-income veterans in New York City. ETM will also provide a color guard, under the direction of ETM’s Director of Programs Pete Pauliks, to complement the music with a visual display.
 
The partnership between ETM and Jericho began after Jericho Project’s Fredy Tello, the Senior Director of the Veterans Initiative, contacted ETM about getting involved in the parade. At the time of Tello’s initial request, ETM was forming its first “lab band” as part of its continued efforts to expand its professional development workshops—known also as the ETM Academy. The lab band is comprised of approximately 25 current ETM ensemble teachers, who meet periodically to train in conducting techniques and other instrument pedagogy. The lab band teachers were interested in participating in the parade to salute America’s veterans for their service.
 
“Education Through Music is honored to join forces with the Jericho Project to acknowledge the sacrifice and courage of our nation’s veterans, servicemembers and their families,” says Katherine Damkohler, Executive Director of Education Through Music. “We hope we can offer these brave men and women some comfort and joy through music on their day.”
 
The annual New York City Veterans Day Parade is produced by the United War Veterans Council (UWVC) and will run along Fifth Avenue, starting at 23rd Street and continuing until 56th Street in Manhattan, and is expected to have over 20,000 participants.

To view the full press release, please click here.
 

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Education Through Music (ETM) partners with inner-city schools to provide all students with music as a core subject, and to create school communities that value the arts. ETM’s mission is to promote the use of music in schools as a means of enhancing students’ academic performance and general development. The ETM model currently serves 15,000 students in 28 inner-city schools in New York City, and our model reaches another 5,000 children through the work of our licensed affiliate organization in Los Angeles. For more information, please visit www.ETMonline.org.

Contact: Tim Lemberger, Education Through Music, 212-972-4788, tlemberger@etmonline.org